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Episode 5
5/5 It is 1993, and John Simpson is appointed chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Episode 4
4/5 John Simpson visits the USA and Japan for the launch of the Second Edition of the OED.
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Episode 3
3/5 John Simpson describes how the OED became digitised in the 1980s.
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Episode 2
2/5 Poet Benjamin Zephaniah teaches the author the fine art of 'skanking'.
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Episode 1
1/5 Life behind the scenes at the Oxford English Dictionary. Read by Nigel Anthony.